Chapter 255 The Crisis Comes
The sky was high in the sky, covered with dark clouds, and there was not a trace of moonlight. This gloomy night seemed particularly long.
In the southwest of the continent, secret branches of midnight pubs lit up like twinkling stars, connecting into an invisible network through which countless confidential messages were transmitted and circulated.
[The mechanical race takes action to warn the human race’s joint camp…]
[Estimated time of action…]
【……】
An extremely important piece of news, as if it had wings, quickly flew to the tavern branch closest to the joint camp.
This tavern branch is located in the mountainous area of the southwest . It has a very small number of people, with only a few people there all year round. It has long been used as a transit station, supply station, temporary resting point, etc.
Under normal circumstances, this branch might be inactive for several months.
But not long ago, Shi Shishi left Longcheng, united more than 20 small resistance groups, formed a joint camp, and moved deep into the mountainous area.
The tavern branch sent someone to contact Shi Sishi, hoping to obtain the rights to transport materials to the joint camp.
After some bargaining, Shi Sishi agreed.
He knew that the neutral organization, Zero Point Tavern, played both sides and could make money from both the human race and the mechanical race, but it would keep it absolutely confidential so as not to damage its reputation.
“It’s a pleasure to work with you!”
Thus, the contract was signed, and the tavern branch was given partial rights to enter and exit the union camp.
Tonight, after receiving the news, the people in the branch took it very seriously and took immediate action.
"Strange. The joint camp just moved here not long ago and the location is secret. How did the mechanical people find it?" The person in charge of the tavern branch was full of questions.
"Is there a traitor among them?"
"The Undead have arrived, and the Zerg are also quietly moving in the dark. The situation is becoming increasingly chaotic. The human race has more hope than before. How could a traitor appear at this time? It is really incomprehensible."
Although it is a neutral organization, the person in charge of this tavern branch is a human himself and is pro-human in his heart.
Even if the human race cannot win for the time being, he hopes to maintain this state of confrontation between the two races for a long time. He does not want to see the day when the human race is completely reduced to captive slaves of the mechanical race.
"The joint camp is very important to the human resistance in the southwest and cannot be lost."
As long as this camp develops smoothly, it will be like a nail driven firmly into the heart of the mechanical race in the southwest region in the future.
The tavern manager set out with the news, moving as fast as a nimble monkey through the mountains and forests. The darkness could not slow down his actions.
He was very cautious. Fearing that there might be a traitor inside the camp, he did not send the message directly and planned to talk to Shi Sishi first.
When he arrived, he found the joint camp peaceful and bustling with people coming and going.
"It seems they haven't received any news from other directions."
He stood outside the camp and took a quick look, and found that no emergency measures had been activated in the camp.
Children were playing hide-and-seek under the cover of night, adults were busy building more houses, and shops such as pharmacies, repair shops, and material stores were still open with bright lights, just like usual, without even a hint of panic.
This made the tavern manager wonder - who leaked the news of the mechanical tribe's attack?
Is there a traitor within the mechanical race?
Have the two sides started a spy war?
The mechanical race can infiltrate the human race. After all, they control so many human cities that it is easy for them to cultivate a group of traitors. However, it is much more difficult for the human race to infiltrate the mechanical race.
"Is Master Shi Sishi here? I have something important to tell him." The tavern manager entered the camp, came to the central area, and found the guard in the meeting hall to ask.
He had just gone to the main departments of the camp and found that Shi Sishi was not there, and about half of the leaders of other small organizations were also not there.
"The master has left." the guard replied.
"Leaving for a while?" asked the tavern manager.
"No, an expedition team from Longcheng disappeared in a distant mountainous area. The master has set out with a group of people to look for them, and we don't know when they will be back." The guard answered truthfully.
Through communication, the person in charge learned that Shi Sishi and others had been gone for several days.
The rescue team has lost contact with the joint camp and its current situation is unclear.
This made him feel even more worried. How could something go wrong at such a critical moment?
"Who is in charge of the joint camp now?" he asked.
"The leaders of several organizations are temporarily in charge. I will take you to meet them."
"Okay, hurry up, time is running out."
The newly established joint camp can no longer operate independently as in the past. Various departments have been set up in imitation of Longcheng, and the personnel of various organizations have been disbanded and reorganized. Many things are still in the process of running in.
After Shi Shishi left, the people in charge of the camp were temporarily Lu Ba, Hu Yan and Qin Guang.
They were all once leaders of a resistance organization and had experience in management, and now they have become heads of important departments in the joint camp.
The one with the highest seniority is Lu Ba, who was once the leader of an organization called "Black Bear". He had communicated with Su Xia in the conference hall of the Oasis Camp.
At that time, Su Xia pointed out that Li Yun, the head of the Clouded Leopard Organization, was an undead, but Lu Ba, Ms. Liu Ye and others stood on Li Yun's side, believing that Su Xia was overworked and had made a mistake in his identification.
When the head of the tavern branch saw him, Lu Ba was looking at a building plan with a frown on his face, obviously thinking about the expansion of the camp.
"Mr. Li, is there anything I can help you with?" Lu Ba looked at the person in charge of the tavern, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. It was already so late, and people in the tavern generally would not come without an advance appointment.
The person in charge of the tavern is named Li Sanguang.
He looked solemn, nodded, and handed the news from Coral City to Lu Ba.
Seeing the words on the note, Lu Ba's heart sank, his face immediately changed, and he asked hurriedly: "Mr. Li, is the news reliable?"
Li Sanguang shook his head: "I don't know, I'm just responsible for delivering messages, you guys should make preparations early."
"Okay, thank you Mr. Li!"
Lu Ba held the message note tightly and hurriedly contacted the other camp managers.
Perhaps because of his inner anxiety, cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He paced back and forth in the room, knowing that the situation in the joint camp had become a matter of life and death.
Soon, Hu Yan, Qin Guang, Li Yun and others hurried over.
Even though it was dark, you could still vaguely see the panic and worry on everyone's face through the lights.
As soon as they saw Lu Ba, they started asking.
"Brother Lu, is the news true?"
"What's going on? How could the mechanical race know our location?"
"Any other information?"
"Calm down, if we all panic, what will happen to the other members of the camp?"
“…”
The pressure from the mechanical clan is just too great, it's impossible not to be nervous.
Everyone present had once been a leader of a small organization. Over the years, they had led their organizations, moving around in the wilderness like rats, being suppressed and beaten by the mechanical tribe. Even the small patrol soldiers of the mechanical tribe did not dare to move.
The only organization that dares to confront the Mechanical Clan head-on is the legendary North Wind, so Commander North Wind's reputation will become higher and higher.
When thinking of Commander Beifeng, someone suddenly turned their attention to Li Yun.
Initially, in the conference hall of the Oasis Camp, Commander Beifeng said that the location of the joint camp was at risk of being exposed, but they did not believe it at the time.
They trusted the master from Longcheng very much and thought that the risk of being exposed was very small, so they even asked the Oasis Camp to reveal the location of their new base.
At Su Xia's instruction, Xiong Wei resisted the pressure and did not give them the address of the new oasis camp.
Therefore, the meeting between the two sides that day was not very pleasant.
"Why are you all looking at me?" Li Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that there was something wrong with the way everyone was looking at him.
In fact, after the meeting that day, the people in the joint camp became a little wary of him and Chang Rui.
They often feel that someone is watching them secretly.
After all, he is Commander Beifeng and has a high status in the hearts of many members of the joint organization. Even though many people do not believe him because of Shi Sishi, there are still some people who trust him.
Only the big golden retriever raised by Ms. Liu Ye was a little freer, and few people were watching him.
But this also made the three of them very uncomfortable.
Because of this, the three of them had to find Sijidao and join forces with Sijidao to explore the route from Coral City to the joint camp.
If it hadn't been for that meeting, they would have wanted to keep the reward for betraying the joint camp for themselves.
"I am also from the joint camp. Everyone, how many years have we known each other?" Li Yun suppressed his anxiety and said loudly, "We have fought side by side. Do you really think I am that kind of traitor?"
At times like this, speaking loudly will make you appear less guilty.
Li Yun tried his best to appear calm, but he was also wondering in his heart, why did we receive the news just as the mechanical tribe set out?
Could it be that he has really been exposed?
"Old Li, don't think too much, we don't mean that." Hu Yan spoke. This middle-aged man was very experienced and had been friends with Li Yun for many years.
"Yes, the top priority is to evacuate immediately." Qin Guang said, "Take away everything you can while there is still time. Fortunately, we considered the issue of exposure when we chose the site."
Without solid evidence, they couldn't say anything even if they had doubts.
The lights in the room were bright, and everyone was looking at the map. The atmosphere was tense as they began to discuss where to take refuge.
There were several retreat plans at the beginning, but now they seem unsafe and time is too tight.
They trusted the confidentiality of the tavern, so they did not avoid Li Sanguang. After all, the news of the mechanical tribe's attack was brought to them by Li Sanguang.
After a while, a liaison officer from the tavern branch suddenly ran into the joint camp.
The liaison officer found Li Sanguang and handed him a note with important information.
"this……"
Li Sanguang opened the note and there was only one sentence on it.
[Shi Sishi's new disciple Chang Rui, Clouded Leopard Organization leader Li Yun, and Ms. Liu Ye's golden retriever are all members of the Undead Tribe. They are the ones who exposed the location of the joint camp. They cannot be trusted. They must be avoided when discussing the retreat route.]
How could a dog be undead?
When Li Sanguang saw the news, his first reaction was similar to that of Lu Ba and others at the last meeting. He felt that it was unlikely.
The Zero O'Clock Tavern gathered information from all sides, and after investigation, it was found that the undead that had descended now were all human, and there were no alien races.
"Did the news come from Coral City?" he asked the liaison officer in a low voice.
"Yes."
"This is really weird. Could someone be deliberately interfering with the line of sight? Releasing a smoke bomb? But what is the purpose of doing this?"
Li Sanguang pondered for a moment and thought of several possibilities.
But he was just a tavern employee after all, and there was no point in thinking too much, so he quickly handed the message note to Lu Ba.
When he saw the information on the note, Lu Ba was stunned and remembered the debate at the Oasis Camp meeting that day.
He said nothing, put the note away and put it in his arms.
Qin Guang, who was standing by, was worried and asked him, "Brother Lu, what's the news this time?"
Lu Ba shook his head: "Nothing, it's still the news that the mechanical tribe has sent troops. The person who brought the news wants us to evacuate quickly."
"It seems that they are very anxious. The mechanical tribe is coming with great force this time."
"Well, everyone, tell me which direction is better to evacuate..."
Lu Ba looked at everyone. There were several routes marked on the map in front of him. His expression was the same as before, and he didn't show anything unusual.
After a while, he suddenly made an excuse that he had something to do and had to go out for a while: "I haven't been feeling well these past two days. It may be an old injury that has flared up. I'll go back to get some medicine. You guys continue to discuss this."
"Brother Lu, are you okay?"
"fine."
Lu Ba left in a hurry and winked at Li Sanguang before leaving.
Li Sanguang was moved and followed him out immediately.
The camp was still as usual. The tense atmosphere only existed in the small meeting room. The lights were warm in the night, the children were running around, and the adults were talking and laughing. There was no panic or sense of crisis of being attacked.
In fact, if the attack of the mechanical tribe cannot be avoided, the soldiers in the camp are willing to fight.
After all, they had already known the news in advance, so they would not be attacked in the middle of the night like the North Wind or Scimitar organizations.
It is much better to die heroically in battle than to die humiliatingly in a surprise attack.
After leaving the room, Li Sanguang followed Lu Ba and asked, "Brother Lu, is there anything wrong?"
Lu Ba nodded and said solemnly: "Mr. Li, I know you are from the Zero Point Tavern and I shouldn't say this, but I can only trust you now. I want to ask you to do me a favor."
"What's the matter?"
"Help me block a dog."
"this……"
Li Sanguang's tone paused. Seeing Lu Ba's heavy expression, he thought it was something serious, but he couldn't help but feel it was a bit absurd.
He asked, "Brother Lu, do you really think a dog could be undead?"
Lu Ba replied: "I have doubts , but I believe Commander Bei Feng."
"The commander of Beifeng who defeated An Lan?"
"Yes." Lu Ba took a deep breath and looked around the camp. "At the meeting in the Oasis Camp, I did not stand on the side of the commander. Later, I reflected on it and wondered if I was wrong. So I sent people to keep an eye on the two men and the dog."
Lu Ba looks like a rough man, but he has a delicate mind, otherwise he would not be able to become the leader of an organization.
After that, he sent people to keep an eye on Chang Rui and others, putting them under considerable pressure.
Li Sanguang showed a strange expression on his face and asked, "Commander Beifeng also thinks there is something wrong with those two people and the dog?"
"Yes."
"Okay, I'll help you!"
